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Three Generations Of Le Pens Fight For Party's Future

The people of France are bemused and entertained by family squabbles at the top of the far-right National Front.

President Obama waves as he walks on stage during a campaign stop on the campus of the University of Colorado in Boulder on Sunday.

In Convention Run-Up, Obama Targets Three States

The president spent much of Labor Day weekend stumping in Colorado, Iowa and Ohio — battleground states that open early voting soon.

First lady Jill Biden walks out of the White House on Jan. 11. She is having surgery to remove a small lesion found above her right eye during a routine skin cancer screening.

Jill Biden had three skin lesions removed

When first lady Jill Biden went for routine surgery for a small lesion above her right eye, doctors found two more lesions, and removed them, too, the White House said.

Cars pass destroyed Russian tanks from an earlier battle against Ukrainians in the village of Dmytrivka, close to Kyiv, Ukraine, on Monday. With Russian troops gone from the Kyiv region, life is returning to the city. But heavy fighting takes place daily in the east and the south of the country.

Three months of war: Russia underachieves, Ukraine overachieves

When Ukraine was invaded, many expected a quick Russian victory. The war is 3 months old, with both sides digging in for a battle that could potentially be a long, drawn-out stalemate.

Miami Dade Police Officer Kenny Bonnet patrols in Kendall on Wednesday, Dec. 13, 2017.

Why Three Counties Are Furious About Amendment 10

One of the statewide amendments voters will be facing in November includes four different questions. It would mandate a state department of veteran...

Characters Scarlett O'Connor and Gunnar Scott are young, unknown artists in <em>Nashville,</em> just like the songwriters behind their song, "When the Right One Comes Along."

When The Right One Comes Along: How 'Nashville' Tells Stories In Song

The mostly unreleased songs on the TV show Nashville are easily woven into the drama. They appear organically in living room songwriting sessions, late night honky-tonks or stadium dress rehearsals. But someone has to track them all down.

Local Story Shows 'Plain Dealer' Prowess, But Future's Murky

NPR's Scott Simon talks to Connie Schultz, former columnist and Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist for the Cleveland Plain Dealer. Starting this summer, the paper's owners will be reducing home delivery to three days a week and making huge cuts in the newsroom staff.

Documentary Shows George Plimpton's Best Story Was His Own

A new documentary about writer George Plimpton uses its subject's own voice to tell the story of his career as a path-breaking "participatory journalist" and longtime editor of the Paris Review. The film also uses the voices of Plimpton's friends and colleagues to defend him against the charge of dilettantism that dogged him throughout his career. NPR's Joel Rose reports.

View the lyrics to "Old Man," as seen in the <Em>Work Songs of the U.S.A.</em> songbook.

Leadbelly's 'Old Man' and the Work Song Tradition

In early 1997, two old friends with an interest in music and a propensity for research began corresponding about a song that hadn't been much studied: "Old Man," a song recorded in 1941 by the singer Leadbelly. The song represents a tradition of music sung by American workers.

Rita Coolidge, Warming Up to Torch Songs

Rita Coolidge's 1977 solo album, Anytime Anywhere, sold millions of copies. Three singles made the top of the charts, including "We're All Alone." Nearly three decades later, Coolidge sings the same tune on a new CD of jazz standards.

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